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president hasn't been to staten island. people in staten island feel abandoned. he hasn't been there. >> he's obviously been to new jersey with the governor. do you think he should now come directly to -- >> he has been to new jersey but he hasn't been to staten island. he hasn't been to breezy point. hasn't been to rockaway. these people lost 80 homes, they lost lives and we're still finding bodies there. i think the president has to devote some of his time to concentrating on that. i'm not saying he should completely end his campaigning. at least maybe he could divide his time in half. i also think the president is evading answering questions about benghazi. it's a tragedy that we may go into this election and we don't know the answer, did president obama know about the prior attacks on that consulate. did he know about the attack in june, when there was a hole drilled through the wall that was 12 feet wide. if that didn't wake him up to the fact that we needed more security in benghazi, then there's something seriously wrong. but this man has now evaded for si
president hasn't been to staten island. people in staten island feel abandoned. he hasn't been there. >> he's obviously been to new jersey with the governor. do you think he should now come directly to -- >> he has been to new jersey but he hasn't been to staten island. he hasn't been to breezy point. hasn't been to rockaway. these people lost 80 homes, they lost lives and we're still finding bodies there. i think the president has to devote some of his time to concentrating on...
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new yorkers already know that staten islanders are proud and tough. tonight people want the city, state and country to know they need help and say they're not getting it. >> we're going to die if we get killed with the weather, we're going to die. we're going to freeze. we got 90-year-old people. >> we'll have them moved this afternoon. >> please. we have no cars. don't you see? we need -- please, president obama, please listen to us down here. we are going to die. you don't understand. you've got to get your trucks here on this corner now. >> we are trying -- >> this is three days. >> with us now is the satten island president. the situation is grave and it hasn't gotten the attention from media and also the authorities over the last three days. are you finally starting to see -- >> we're seeing some improvement from what took place this morning. >> reporter: you basically, you know, said some tough words about the red cross saying, look, people shouldn't even donate because they're not there to help. and does that seem to have gotten at least the wh
new yorkers already know that staten islanders are proud and tough. tonight people want the city, state and country to know they need help and say they're not getting it. >> we're going to die if we get killed with the weather, we're going to die. we're going to freeze. we got 90-year-old people. >> we'll have them moved this afternoon. >> please. we have no cars. don't you see? we need -- please, president obama, please listen to us down here. we are going to die. you don't...
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we're coming to you from staten island, new york. it is freezing cold and a lot of people are suffering. here across the region, hundreds of thousands without power, nearly two weeks after superstorm sandy hit. we reported this ongoing dis'ser is man made, and i want to tell you about that tonight. keeping them honest. we begin with breaking news. a story that has slind sided the american intelligence community and still developing at this hour. general david petraeus resigned as director of the cia after admitting he an extramarital affair. they confirm to cnn that the investigators have been exploring tips on an affair with paula broadwell, his biographer. they tried to see if there was a potential security risk, in other words to see if petraeus could possibly be black mailed. petraeus is a highly respected, retired four-star general who commanded forces in both iraq and afghanistan. he was sworn in to run the cia a little over a year ago with vice president biden with his wife holly at his side. that was the swearing in. they've
we're coming to you from staten island, new york. it is freezing cold and a lot of people are suffering. here across the region, hundreds of thousands without power, nearly two weeks after superstorm sandy hit. we reported this ongoing dis'ser is man made, and i want to tell you about that tonight. keeping them honest. we begin with breaking news. a story that has slind sided the american intelligence community and still developing at this hour. general david petraeus resigned as director of...
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ann curry, nbc news, staten island. >> ann's return to staten island was for tonight's new broadcast of "rock center." and we hope you can join us at 10:00, 9:00 central. >>> and the pentagon says a u.s. drone was fired on by iran in the international air space over the persian gulf last week. now the timing of this disclosure is raising questions tonight. we have our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel with more. >> reporter: brian, this mission was classified. the predator drone was not even hit, let alone shot down. so why talk about it now? it seems that the pentagon is trying to give a very public warning to iran that if this kind of thing happens again, the u.s. could respond militarily. they may also want the american public to know this is going on in case we wake up one morning and hear there has been an exchange of fire between the u.s. and iran. allocatio the indications are t iran, containing their nuclear weapons, is an issue. >> thanks for your reporting on it tonight. >>> out west, high drama in a courtroom in arizona, as the man accused of shooting congresswoma
ann curry, nbc news, staten island. >> ann's return to staten island was for tonight's new broadcast of "rock center." and we hope you can join us at 10:00, 9:00 central. >>> and the pentagon says a u.s. drone was fired on by iran in the international air space over the persian gulf last week. now the timing of this disclosure is raising questions tonight. we have our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel with more. >> reporter: brian, this mission was...
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looking live at staten island in new york, still under water three days after sandy's fury. this is the next problem, long lines at gas stations. drivers getting angry, very, very angry. 88 deaths and at least 37 in new york city. why is it taking so long to fix this? i'll speak to one of the top people at con edison. residents are pleading for help of the storm that tossed boats around like toys. i'll talk to some of them in just a moment. and another huge storm could hit next week. i'll talk to chad myers about that. in the wake of a superstorm, climate change. and five days until election day. listen to what mitt romney said in virginia beach earlier. >> would you want four more years where -- i think it will be helpful to have a president who actually understands job creation. >> our cnn orc pochlt shows obama at 50 and romney at 48. we begin with one of the hardest hit areas from hurricane sandy, staten island where the death toll continues to rise. with me now is the assembly woman and another resident of staten island, anthony, who rescued his brother from the storm.
looking live at staten island in new york, still under water three days after sandy's fury. this is the next problem, long lines at gas stations. drivers getting angry, very, very angry. 88 deaths and at least 37 in new york city. why is it taking so long to fix this? i'll speak to one of the top people at con edison. residents are pleading for help of the storm that tossed boats around like toys. i'll talk to some of them in just a moment. and another huge storm could hit next week. i'll talk...
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this is what the staten island president james molinaro said about the red cross response. he said it's an absolute disgrace. he said he was so infuriated and outraged by the lack of help that you've been receiving. do you endorse what he said? >> well, i think it was a sentiment of frustration this morning because we hadn't had seen a real response here in staten island but we had our senators out here today and i can say that the red cross is on the grounds right now. we have them at certain locations. giving food, giving water. and also our community has been out there collecting donated goods and distributing them out in the streets along the blocks that have certainly been devastated by the storm. >> homeland security along with the head of fema, some are saying a little too late for all of this. there's been three days of virtual inactivity there from emergency services and the reason it's so significant is that staten island, although relatively small compared to some of the other areas that are affected, has suffered nearly half of the human death toll, 19 people ha
this is what the staten island president james molinaro said about the red cross response. he said it's an absolute disgrace. he said he was so infuriated and outraged by the lack of help that you've been receiving. do you endorse what he said? >> well, i think it was a sentiment of frustration this morning because we hadn't had seen a real response here in staten island but we had our senators out here today and i can say that the red cross is on the grounds right now. we have them at...
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rubbing their eyes today on staten island. if you see something tomorrow you'd like to show all of your friends, let us know. tweet me your ideas for the "instant index," @dianesawyer. >>> and, coming up, if you bought a lottery ticket with a friend or a co-worker, you have to stay tuned and see what we're going to tell you next. it could change your life. le announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like warfarin, xarelto® is p
rubbing their eyes today on staten island. if you see something tomorrow you'd like to show all of your friends, let us know. tweet me your ideas for the "instant index," @dianesawyer. >>> and, coming up, if you bought a lottery ticket with a friend or a co-worker, you have to stay tuned and see what we're going to tell you next. it could change your life. le announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob...
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wilwill you run out to staten island? >> i will be on twitter urging them all to do that. >> why not.
wilwill you run out to staten island? >> i will be on twitter urging them all to do that. >> why not.
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let me tell you. >> there are six fema disaster recovery centers on staten island, yet driving around, people say it's volunteer groups having the biggest impact. >> when it's all said and done, we're going to continue to care for this community. >> so, we saw, too, the it's local, local, local and not the government, but yet when the government is stepping in now to step it up, they seem to be cutting out local groups. >> that is the huge challenge. the government is helping on this level. right now, people need help on this level, so they're happy they're seeing checks coming in, but you know, when you talk about rebuild, talk about information, when you talk about resource, it's the community groups that really, really know where the great need is. that's why the volunteers flock there. yet this this whole emergency response, they're not even part of the equation. it's great to have somebody focus on the rebuilding, but there needs to be somebody in charge of coordinating the volunteers or maybe not. really taking action and you saw that. >> if you were to take them away, there wou
let me tell you. >> there are six fema disaster recovery centers on staten island, yet driving around, people say it's volunteer groups having the biggest impact. >> when it's all said and done, we're going to continue to care for this community. >> so, we saw, too, the it's local, local, local and not the government, but yet when the government is stepping in now to step it up, they seem to be cutting out local groups. >> that is the huge challenge. the government is...
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here on staten island. and i think that is what caught a lot of people off guard here on staten island was that we never thought something like this could happen. we do have many beautiful houses and beautiful community that is are on the coast lines of our island. and we never thought there would be a problem like this. and i think that caught a lot of people off guard. >> michael cusik thank you very much for joining us tonight. tomorrow night, msnbc will host a concert and telethon to raise money for the american red cross relief efforts. you can see it right here starting at 8:00 pm and i will be here tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. for a special live edition friday night edition of the last word. coming up. president obama is back on the campaign industrial. and the rewrite tonight we will rewrite your understanding of the new york. and the islands that is the biggest small town in america coming up. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-pass
here on staten island. and i think that is what caught a lot of people off guard here on staten island was that we never thought something like this could happen. we do have many beautiful houses and beautiful community that is are on the coast lines of our island. and we never thought there would be a problem like this. and i think that caught a lot of people off guard. >> michael cusik thank you very much for joining us tonight. tomorrow night, msnbc will host a concert and telethon to...
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correspondent david lee miller is live on staten island with the breaking developments. good evening, david. >> bret, you know the starting line for the marathon is here in storm ra advantageed staten island. many people here are pleased to hear the race has been canceled. mayor bloomberg issued a statement that said while holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery evident it's clear that it has been source of controversy and division. the region is still recovering from the storm and the survivorring only continues -- and the survivorring only suffey continues. >> people living in area affected by the storm is running out of patience. >> it's terrible. everything is going down hill. this is not america. i don't know what it is. >> millions are without power, especially those who depend on overhead lines for electricit electricity. >> i don't have anywhere to go, i don't have closed. all the closed i have on they gave it to me. >> in hard-hit staten island residents are trying to dry out and sift through the daniel. >> 22 years of my home, i
correspondent david lee miller is live on staten island with the breaking developments. good evening, david. >> bret, you know the starting line for the marathon is here in storm ra advantageed staten island. many people here are pleased to hear the race has been canceled. mayor bloomberg issued a statement that said while holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery evident it's clear that it has been source of controversy and division. the region is still...
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island, but cabinet secretary is a rare visitor to staten island. how did secretary napolitano's trip today help on staten island? >> the secretary's trip was great for morale. i think the people out here were encouraged to know that the federal government is here now in full force to have a member of the cabinet here to kick it off and to show that fema is here and they'll be here as long as it takes to get staten islanders back on their feet. it was very encouraging to the neighbors and to the residents. but very encouraging to the elected officials out here. we've been working as a team out here, led by our borough president and many of the state elected officials and to have the secretary sit down with us and give us a briefing on what the federal government is going to do really, really helped us move forward today because when i spoke to you last night, lawrence, it was a different story. we, the day before, we hadn't heard from anyone. and to get this treatment today, and to see the number of fema employees here and the red cross and the nati
island, but cabinet secretary is a rare visitor to staten island. how did secretary napolitano's trip today help on staten island? >> the secretary's trip was great for morale. i think the people out here were encouraged to know that the federal government is here now in full force to have a member of the cabinet here to kick it off and to show that fema is here and they'll be here as long as it takes to get staten islanders back on their feet. it was very encouraging to the neighbors and...
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liz: let's head to staten island. abuse of power just as people are extraordinarily concerned about getting any power or water. the abuse they are talking about is the usage for the marathon. what are they saying about in staten island? adam: they do not want the marathon to proceed because there is still a pile of debris. this is what somebody's livelihood was. i am looking at a box of old christmas ornaments, there is a child like caught the kind you put your 3-year-old on when you are trying to teach them how to ride, then when you come down here, you have refrigerators and stoves and things like that. they have a red cross truck here. volunteers from staten island have been coming here to help out their own. you are talking earlier about the marathon. we have interviewed countless of people here. one new york state assembly woman who thinks it is a travesty, not because they do not want a positive image of new york city, but they say now is not the time. postpone it for a week. they look for leadership from govern
liz: let's head to staten island. abuse of power just as people are extraordinarily concerned about getting any power or water. the abuse they are talking about is the usage for the marathon. what are they saying about in staten island? adam: they do not want the marathon to proceed because there is still a pile of debris. this is what somebody's livelihood was. i am looking at a box of old christmas ornaments, there is a child like caught the kind you put your 3-year-old on when you are trying...
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seth doane, cbs news, staten island. >>> and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. taxpayers just handed california another $6 billion. that's a six followed by nine zeros. and when $6 billion is up for grabs, a lot of people want a slice of that pie. cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez and the first signs of a prop 30 feeding frenzy. joe. >> reporter: that includes uc- berkeley students here who say they are just tired of all those tuition hikes. demonstrating in the driving rain, a couple of hundred uc- berkeley students gathered this afternoon to let their voices be heard. >> why do the 1%ers hate us so much? >> reporter: two days after passing prop 30 which infused millions know public education statewide many bemoan the fact it may have little immediate impact on how much they pay. >> the point is not that we need to re-fund education. we need to completely restructure it. and we need to put our priorities ne
seth doane, cbs news, staten island. >>> and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm dana king. taxpayers just handed california another $6 billion. that's a six followed by nine zeros. and when $6 billion is up for grabs, a lot of people want a slice of that pie. cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez and the...
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seth doane, cbs news, staten island. . >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is 9 news now. >>> it happened again so soon, it feels very frustrating and angry. >> it is cold, dash and frustrating for the victims of superstorm sandy now trying to clean up after the nor'easter. there were already nearly half a million power outages in new york and new jersey left over from sandy and now there are hundreds of thousands more. utility crews are working around the clock cleaning up again. the storm brought snow and took down trees in an area that had already frankly been exhausted from sandy, but new jersey governor chris christie says it could have been worse. >> believe it or not, this is always helpful because it wasn't rain and so it helped on the flooding side. >> some parishioners of this church in rock level away
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look at what is going on, staten island. that is not fine and texting and tweeting relief reminders to folks who dent have internet and don't have power is -- shows the folly of what is going on here. when we talked yesterday as we were about officials of all stripes patting themselves on the back, it is little mystery why the constituents want to give them a swift kick in the rear including my next guest when she joined me last night on fox news, mary ann, a staten island resident. she has spoken to us about things the mayor and fema officials are not seeing or reporting. not graduation option. how are things looking now? >> neil, another day, things don't look any better than yesterday. finally, we see red cross but their located there, try and walk through the debris and everything in the streets, to get there. it is impossible. i believe the death toll, also is much higher than that. because i know for a fact, duncan hills micy cousin lives there and, the property there, no one has been there to site and they say listen
look at what is going on, staten island. that is not fine and texting and tweeting relief reminders to folks who dent have internet and don't have power is -- shows the folly of what is going on here. when we talked yesterday as we were about officials of all stripes patting themselves on the back, it is little mystery why the constituents want to give them a swift kick in the rear including my next guest when she joined me last night on fox news, mary ann, a staten island resident. she has...
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am telling you that this is a really bad place, go to staten island right now. there are schools that are used as morgues and the bodies are piling up. >> it doesn't feel like america, when people go without power and hot water, this should be fixed and people said to me, what do you want fema to do, what should they have done. >> pre-staged the water, pre-staged generators, and there was all kinds of warnings that this storm w happening, we knew it was coming. >> this was the most telegraphed natural disaster we've in a long time. >> nl: i will stay this and sometimes tasks can overwhelming and not putting the finger on fema. but ben stein the most loathsome of this process, covering from the beginning, the various local government officials, republican and democrat, bureaucrats, patting themselves on the back, every press conference would begin i'd like to thank the honorable et cetera, et cetera, and get into it. but argue before you pat yourself on the back you might take note of the constituents you serve who would sooner kick you in the rump because they'r
am telling you that this is a really bad place, go to staten island right now. there are schools that are used as morgues and the bodies are piling up. >> it doesn't feel like america, when people go without power and hot water, this should be fixed and people said to me, what do you want fema to do, what should they have done. >> pre-staged the water, pre-staged generators, and there was all kinds of warnings that this storm w happening, we knew it was coming. >> this was the...
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this woman is trying to make her staten island home livable again. her first floor was flooded drowning her pet birds. >> got to take it little by little, step by step and try to get the help we need to start rebuilding. >> reporter: perfect strangers are helping with sunday's new york marathon cancelled a group of runners showed up at mary ellen's home. >> wonderful people. digging us out. it's just overwhelming. >> reporter: donation centers are popping up on sidewalks and parking lots throughout staten island to help those who have been left with nothing. volunteers are giving everything away from clothes to stuffed animals. gas shortages are hampering recovery efforts. stations with gas have lines stretching for blocks. one station is using old-fashioned hand pumps to get gas out of the underground tanks. >> i can feed my family. have hot water. >> reporter: new jersey officials expect the gas shortages to ease this week. and back here on staten island, it's about 40 degrees and terrell for so many people without power it makes for a bitter kind
this woman is trying to make her staten island home livable again. her first floor was flooded drowning her pet birds. >> got to take it little by little, step by step and try to get the help we need to start rebuilding. >> reporter: perfect strangers are helping with sunday's new york marathon cancelled a group of runners showed up at mary ellen's home. >> wonderful people. digging us out. it's just overwhelming. >> reporter: donation centers are popping up on sidewalks...
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. >> one of the most heart wrenching tales comes from staten island. gary tuchman has more on the story of two little boys caught in that storm. >> reporter: a ford explorer on the side of a street in staten island, new york. the car seats remain where two little boys, brandon and conner moore were sitting as their mother was driving during hurricane sandy desperately looking for shelter. what happened is sad, horrifying, terrifying. she was driving her suv down this street and plunged into this hole during the height of hurricane sandy. she then got out of the vehicle with her 2-year-old son and 4-year-old son, remember, it is pouring rain, torrential, the winds 90 miles per hour and she comes over here to this tree and holds on to the tree, grabs the branches and grabs the tree and holds on to it and holds on to her sons at the same time and she did this, according to police, for hours. that's what she told the police. she went up to this house behind me and knocked on the door and a man was inside and plead would him to let them inside the house. th
. >> one of the most heart wrenching tales comes from staten island. gary tuchman has more on the story of two little boys caught in that storm. >> reporter: a ford explorer on the side of a street in staten island, new york. the car seats remain where two little boys, brandon and conner moore were sitting as their mother was driving during hurricane sandy desperately looking for shelter. what happened is sad, horrifying, terrifying. she was driving her suv down this street and...
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steve kingston, bbc news, staten island. >> sadness there on staten island. just a short time ago i should say that new york's mayor, michael bloomberg, has announced that the city's marathon which was due to be held this sunday has been cancelled. for more, i'm joined from new york by the bbc's ben thompson. ben, as steve was reporting, there has been a lot of controversy over whether the marathon should go ahead. what's behind this final decision? >> yeah. many people here in new york -- staten island is really still a dissenter of recovery efforts in the wake of hurricane sandy. incidentally, staten island is where the new york marathon begins every year. that marathon then passes through fire boroughs of new york city. but a lot of conservativecy here that resources should be better used to make sure that the reese cue efforts are completed and that people are back in safety. although that the facilities should be used to make sure the power is back on. still thousands of people here in new york city and beyond still do not have power. within the last few
steve kingston, bbc news, staten island. >> sadness there on staten island. just a short time ago i should say that new york's mayor, michael bloomberg, has announced that the city's marathon which was due to be held this sunday has been cancelled. for more, i'm joined from new york by the bbc's ben thompson. ben, as steve was reporting, there has been a lot of controversy over whether the marathon should go ahead. what's behind this final decision? >> yeah. many people here in new...